November 1, 2012 show: Mike McBane of the Canadian Health Coalition on health politics

Canadian Health Coalition

On November 1, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed Mike McBane from the Canadian Health Coalition, about the politics of medicare. An in-depth discussion about all aspects of health care, private and public, with some riveting critique...

May 31, 2012 show: William Charney on the epidemic in medical errors in Canada

On May 31, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed public health organizer and activist of 30 years William Charney, by phone from his Canadian tour, about the epidemic in medical errors in Canada.

William Charney is a leading expert who has edited ten books on these topics.

"Factory medicine" gives "occupational health" a whole new meaning...! Health care as a nightmare...



Interviewer's related article:
Is establishment medicine an injurious scam?

MD psychotherapist and author Susan Rosenthal on health in a dominance hierarchy

On September 1, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed MD psychotherapist and author Susan Rosenthal by phone from the Greater Toronto Area about health in our capitalist system.

Class struggle, medicalization of human emotional reactions, class struggle, sense of threat reaction, anger as natural reaction, class struggle, professional poison, anger as the emotion of justice, class struggle, "Be the change" as sick slogan, rat race, hurtful language, and much more...


Crazy clip played during the show:

(Part-1) Victori on free democracy -- (Part-2) Journalism professor Karl Grossman's critique of nuclear power

On May 26, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM The Train's Denis Rancourt hosted a two-part show.

Part-1: Local activist Victori discussed her efforts coordinating a continuous free democracy event.

Part-2: Long-time investigative journalist and professor of journalism (State University of New York College at Old Westbury) Karl Grossman discusses the one million deaths from Chernobyl and the risks and politics of nuclear power.

Nancy Banks on medical sanity... AIDS, profit, world finance and geopolitics

On December 16, 2010, The Train (CHUO 89.1 FM Ottawa, Canada) interviewed Dr. Nancy Turner Banks author of the book "AIDS, Opium, Diamonds, and Empire - The Deadly Virus of International Greed".

A wide-ranging exploration touching on the questionable science of HIV and AIDS, the true causal factors of failures in public health, the toxic influence of pharmaceutical corporations, the world economic dominance of illegal drugs, and optimistic prospects for a new medicine...

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Surviving student food 101

On September 16, 2010, The Train interviewed food expert Jean-Pierre Maheu on the question of surviving the student lifestyle regarding food.


This was a wide ranging discussion about the practice, sociology, economics and politics of food; geared toward expanding possibilities for students subjected to harsh institutional pressures.

Our expert says if he could only have one food ingredient it would be an onion! Find out why.

Mr. Maheu recommends that students avoid all prepared foods and cook for themselves but not alone. He gave the simplest recipes possible and explained how these simple creations will work every time if you just stick to some basic rules like don't burn it.

Avoid energy drinks! It's not food energy. It's pure chemical stimulus. The associated addiction will make you strung out.

Mr. Maheu and his co-director Catherine offer their collaboration to any student group wanting to do practical activism and communal projects around cooking. They can be reached at jpm [at] services-alc.com.

MD and psychiatrist Dr. Rima on health sanity and health insanity

On July 15, 2010, The Train interviewed Dr. Rima (Rima E. Laibow, MD), Medical Director, Natural Solutions Foundation, by phone from the foundation's head office in Panama.



This intense and informative session presented a radical (at the root) criticism of mainstream medicine and of mainstream medical training. Dr. Rima also provided insight into the essential conditions for personal health and stressed the importance of the agri-food and pharmaceutical corporate threats to public health.

In her own practice Dr. Rima avoids all drugs and was able to prioritized the top three tools of the natural medicine practitioner: Nano-silver as a universal antibiotic, vitamine C as a most common/detrimental nutrient deficiency, and essential fatty acids as a major overlooked essential nutrient group.

(See all related Train interviews under the the label MEDICINE.)

Health ''Care'' in the United States

Dr. Barbara Starfield is a Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She joined us by phone on January 21, 2010, for a live interview discussing the dangers and inequalities of the American health care system.

Dr. Starfield's medical research and commentary went viral on the web following her 2000 article entitled "Is US Health Really the Best in the World?" [Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol.284, No.4, 2000, pages 483-485.] In this article Dr. Starfield explained that medical error is the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer.